Sr Principal Electrical Engineer, CRM
About The Position
The Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) portfolio delivers therapies designed to restore, support, and protect every heartbeat through advanced pacing, defibrillation, and remote monitoring solutions. CRM's unique ability to pair proven life-saving therapies with intelligent technology gives clinicians and patients greater confidence. Clinical impact and innovation come together to improve lives through meaningful patient outcomes. The Senior Principal Electrical Engineer is a key individual contributor within the Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Electrical System Design Team. In this role, you will drive the definition, design, integration, and verification of complex mixed-signal electronics for active implantable cardiac devices and external patient systems. The individual will be an integral part of the R&D organization delivering innovative, life-saving technology of the highest quality to our patients. This position is flexible to the strengths of the candidate and may comprise one or both of: Technical Leadership: technical liaison to program management with dotted-line leadership of a team of electrical engineers Hardware Block Owner: ownership of critical functional blocks with responsibility for design refinement, integration, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and verification of each block or sub-system. You will help design, develop, and verify high-reliability, safety-critical electronics that directly impact patients’ lives. The position is in Mounds View, MN (Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area).
Requirements
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR PhD with 6 years relevant experience.
- U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated technical leadership or principal-level ownership of complex electrical designs.
- Strong experience with PCB design methodology, CAD tools, and manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency in analog and mixed-signal circuit design, analysis, and debug.
- Experience designing for high-reliability or safety-critical applications (medical, aerospace, automotive safety, etc.).
- Strong hands-on debugging skills: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, RF analyzers, low-current and low-noise measurement tools.
- Circuit simulation expertise (PSPICE, LTspice, or similar).
- RF design or RF performance evaluation experience.
- Programming/scripting in Python, C/C++, or LabVIEW for test automation and data analysis.
- Experience with Class III medical device development, verification, and validation.
- Familiarity with applicable standards (ISO 14708, IEC 60601, etc.)
- Experience with system modeling in MATLAB.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence across disciplines.
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on complex R&D programs.
- Support design and architectural tradeoffs, technical risk management, and drive issue-resolution from concept to launch.
- Lead and mentor a team of electrical engineers through design, integration, characterization/troubleshooting, and verification phases.
- Act as technical liaison to program management and manufacturing while supporting the cross-functional development team(s)
- Own key hardware blocks within the implantable or external system architecture including mixed-signal, analog, digital, RF, and/or PCB layout architecture and implementation designs.
- Own hardware block requirements, design documentation, and verification strategy.
- Perform detailed circuit analysis, simulation, characterization, and design margin assessment.
- Lead root-cause investigations, debug complex hardware/firmware interactions, and propose robust design fixes and mitigations.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration and delivery of hardware solutions.
- Develop, analyze, and evaluate new product circuitry, including ultra-low-power analog, mixed-signal, and digital electronics.
- Integrate electronics with firmware, mechanical, and system-level requirements to deliver complete product solutions.
- Lead technical design reviews and influence key engineering decisions across the development lifecycle.
- Develop test plans, characterization methods, and verification strategies for new designs (bench, automated, and system-level).
- Define production test requirements and collaborate with manufacturing engineering on PCB and device assembly.
- Support global manufacturing sites with troubleshooting, test failure analysis, and product improvements.
- Develop and validate test environments, including automation frameworks and emulators for product evaluation.
- Decompose system requirements into implementable hardware requirements and ensure compliance with safety-critical and reliability standards.
- Mentor junior engineers and influence best practices in design rigor, simulation methodology, and documentation.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
